"The Gilded Age, Part 5" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a sharply funny story set in late 1800s America. The novel paints a picture of a country struggling with right and wrong, get-rich-schemes, and people trying to climb the social ladder. One of the main characters, Laura Hawkins, is trying to make her way through Washington D.C.'s tricky social scene, using her charm and smarts to get ahead. As she meets with the honorable Mr. Buckstone, their conversations are full of hidden meanings and playful flirting, showing Laura's plans to use him to help her own political dreams. Even as Mr. Buckstone falls for her, Laura is secretly plotting how to control him, revealing her complex character. This plan will be challenged by the arrival of Colonel Selby, someone from her past who causes her great emotional struggle. It is setting the scene for a wild ride of tangled relationships, sneaky political moves, and Laura's own battle between love, revenge, and her own giant ambitions.
The Gilded Age, Part 5.
By Mark Twain
In a world of ambition and deceit, a woman must navigate love, revenge, and political games to get what she desires.
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About the AuthorSamuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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